Column: Monopoly Lawyers Shouldn't Write Monopoly Laws

Today, I have a column on TorrentFreak elaborating a bit about why the lawyers working for the copyright monopoly shouldn’t also be the ones drafting that code of law.

Some points are obvious, but my main point and concern is that the current code creates an extortionate situation for entrepreneurs, and therefore for the economy as a whole. The really depressing part is that the lawyers are pointing at all the “licenses” agreed and use it as proof to politicians that the system works, when it’s just legalized extortion in action.

Rick Falkvinge

Rick is the founder of the first Pirate Party and a low-altitude motorcycle pilot. He works as Head of Privacy at the no-log VPN provider Private Internet Access; with his other 40 hours, he's developing an enterprise grade bitcoin wallet and HR system for activism.

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